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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






2. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






3. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






4. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






5. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






6. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






7. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






8. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






9. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






10. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






11. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines






12. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle






13. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






14. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






15. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






16. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






17. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






18. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






19. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






20. ACWP






21. A product - result or service generated by a process






22. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






23. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






24. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






25. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






26. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






27. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






28. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






29. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






30. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






31. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






32. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






33. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






34. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






35. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






36. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






37. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






38. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






39. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






40. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






41. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






42. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






43. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






44. Graphic display of schedule related information.






45. Budgeted cost of work performed






46. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






47. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






48. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






49. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






50. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.